Turkey holds secret meeting with Israel over ties

ANKARA, Turkey 
An official says Turkey's foreign minister has laid out the conditions for improved ties with Israel during a secret meeting with the Israeli industry minister.

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin says Ahmet Davutoglu met Israel's Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in Brussels on Wednesday. It was the first meeting between Turkish and Israeli government officials since relations soured over Israel's raid on Gaza-bound ships in which eight Turks and a Turkish-American died.

Ozugergin says Davutoglu reiterated Turkey's demands that Israel apologize for the raid, offer compensation to the victims, agree to an international probe and end its blockade of Gaza.